Synonyms for nous
nus, naʊsnous

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1. nousnoun

   common sense

   "she has great social nous"

   Synonyms:
   mind, head, psyche, brain

2. mind, head, brain, psyche, nousnoun

   that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

   "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

   Synonyms:
   learning ability, idea, thinker, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, wit, mind, head teacher, brainpower, intellect, question, mental capacity, fountainhead, encephalon, point, head, top dog, mentality, creative thinker, brain, headland, mastermind, brainiac, header, genius, headspring, foreland, pass, chief, headway, judgment, read/write head, judgement, drumhead, head word, forefront, capitulum, oral sex, principal, caput, straits, soul

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1. List of paraphrases for "nous":

   we, us

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1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The sailor dies in what makes him live. We will die in the air and in hope. (Marin meurt dans ce qui le fait vivre. Nous mourrons dans l’air et dans l’espoir)

2. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The blind eyes are dead. But we are our hope. (Les yeux d'aveugles sont morts. - Mais nous sommes notre espoir.)

3. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Posthumously, everyone loves us. (A titre posthume, - Tout le monde nous aime.)

4. Tom Enders:

   Nous sommes unis! (We are united!) We are all impacted by the tragic terror attacks in Paris. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and all the people in Paris.

5. Charles de LEUSSE:

   All stones are close to us. The last is behind us. (Toutes les pierres sont près de nous. - La dernière est derrière nous.) [Fables1, The Bird and its Sun / L’Oiseau et son Soleil]